OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI -- Investigators are searching for a man suspected of robbing an Oshtemo convenience store with a knife early Thursday morning.

The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office responded to the armed robbery at a 7-Eleven at the intersection of Drake Road and W. KL Avenue at 12:30 a.m., according to a news release.

Police say the suspect was a light-skinned black man, wearing a black Northface coat, hooded sweatshirt, black pants and was armed with a knife.

He fled the scene prior to deputies arriving. A K-9 unit from Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety was unable to locate the man. The sheriff's office does not know the identity of the suspect at this time.

Police ask anyone with further information to contact the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office at 269-383-8748.